
We have only had one long-term guest, and for every monthly payment I would receive an auto-generated message from Airbnb that they were not able to process the payment from the guest and the guest had 72hrs to complete the payment or the reservation would be canceled (at the 72hr mark they would be expected to leave!). Please add to this list, and hopefully AirBNB will take notice!Īgreed, changes definitely need to be made for how payments are processed with long term stays. I had one guest who’s payment did not go through and they had checked in. AirBNB should confirm with hosts receipt of payment within a certain amount of time after booking. AirBNB should charge for first and last months rent. There should be the option to bill for regular cleaning and add that to the cleaning fee. There should be two deposits, one for long-term and one for shot-term. This is to discourage guests from blocking the calendar when they don’t know exactly when they plan to visit. Maybe a percentage of the total reservation. There should be a penalty to guests who change long-term reservations before check-in. This should be automatic, so hosts aren’t taken advantage of. A minimum 30 day notice, which is taken care of by the last month’s rent. There should be a penalty for guests who try to shorten their stay after check-in, to discourage them from doing this. Please add to the list, by sending a reply: I wanted to start a thread to address some of the issues with long-term reservations, so AirBNB is aware of the issues.
